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‘Pinga’ From Bajirao Mastani Sees Priyanka & Deepika Dancing In True ‘Dola Re’ Fashion

Fashion Nov 15, 2015

by Daniel Pillai

The much awaited song promo of "Pinga" from Bajirao Mastani has been released and Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone swing to reminiscent beats of Madhuri Dixit-Nene and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in "Dola Re" from Devdas.

This past Sunday saw the release of the much awaited and talked about song promo for "Pinga" from Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming magnum opus Bajirao Mastani. "Pinga" is a full-on lavani number which is picturized on Kashibai played by Priyanka Chopra and Mastani essayed by Deepika Padukone who come together to celebrate through song and dance.

Chopra took to Twitter to celebrate her excitement over the newly released promo while shooting for her hit American TV series Quantico in Montreal, Quebec in Canada.

And it's here.. #PINGA #BajiraoMastani #Kashibai #Mastani https://t.co/kekZ6834BI what say???

— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) November 15, 2015

Both women sway to the beautifully choreographed steps of Remo D'Souza who has given the song a traditional feel while making it strikingly contemporary at the same time. In "Pinga," Chopra and Padukone proudly don the Marathi Mulgi avatar dressed and heavily adorned in navvari saris while they celebrate their love, pain and angst for their lover Bajirao, played by Ranveer Singh. Does this dramatization sound familar to you? We bet . . .

^{First look visual released last week of "Pinga."

Photo Credit: Bajirao Mastani Official Facebook Page}

In fact, it was in 2002's Devdas, also directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, that we saw Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's character, Paro, and Chandramukhi, played by Madhuri Dixit-Nene, come together to celebrate Durga pooja with the now iconic dance number "Dola Re". Choreograped by the legendary Saroj Khan, the song centered around Paro and Chandramukhi coming together to celebrate and honour their love for Devdas played by Shahrukh Khan.

The fans and the media were abuzz with comparisons between both songs and actresses, which no doubt was expected. It's fair to say both may draw on similarities, but there is a uniqueness which differentiate them from one another at the same time.

^{Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone in "Pinga" compared to Madhuri Dixit-Nene and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in "Dola Re".

Photo Credit: www.movies.ndtv.com}

While "Dola Re" was a full-on celebratory number Bollywood style, "Pinga" seems to have more of a classical touch with the traditional lavani costumes and dance moves. But it's hard to ignore the similarities as both Chopra and Padukone wore the same outfit with slight differences in color and adornment, just like Dixit-Nene and Rai Bachchan. Both of them put aside their differences to celebrate the love for their man, and both songs are picturized on a very grand, opulent, larger than life scale.

While the similarities are bold and apparent, the allure that "Dola Re" had attached to it is missing from "Pinga". Dixit-Nene was a seasoned, experienced and trained Kathak dancer who was matching her steps to that of a new starlet in tinseltown in Bollywood, Rai Bachchan who was also a trained classical dancer. While the story in the film did not warrant it, "Dola Re" literally was a dance-off between two classical trained dancers, considered great at their craft. Also, the allure of seeing two generations of actresses coming together itself was something that was a spectacle to be seen on screen.

But "Pinga" while great, grand and beautiful in every single way is still missing that "allure." Maybe it's because Chopra and Padukone are actually pretty good friends in real life, so it's not hard to imagine them getting along in "reel life." It could also be attributed to the fact that we know Padukone and Singh have a thing going on behind the camera, so no matter how much these two girls dance, Padukone wins and takes the cake anyway.

But you be the judge and tell us what you think of "Pinga". . .

^{Main Image Photo Credit: Bajirao Mastani Official Facebook Page}

Daniel Pillai

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Daniel is the Digital Media Manager for ANOKHI MEDIA and the host for ANOKHI's entertainment channel, PULSE TV. As part of the dream team, Daniel manages all multiple channels under ANOKHI’s portfolio, while also training new on-air talent, and showing budding p...

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‘Pinga’ From Bajirao Mastani Sees Priyanka & Deepika Dancing In True ‘Dola Re’ Fashion

by Daniel Pillai

The much awaited song promo of "Pinga" from Bajirao Mastani has been released and Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone swing to reminiscent beats of Madhuri Dixit-Nene and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in "Dola Re" from Devdas.

Daniel Pillai

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